14/11/10 Penom penh - Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam) had breakfast with our friends the said goodbye... again. Long coach journey to Ho Chi Minh, our friend Liam joined us. got there pretty late, had Pho which is noodle soup, not nice! Early to bed. 15/11/10 Moved hostels this morning to a 10 bed dorm so when our friends arrive later we will all be in one room which should be a laugh. Visited the Vietnam war museum this morning, went there on a cyclo which is a big se...

29/10/10 Pakse to 4,000 islands (Don Khon) We all got dumped at the bus station at 6am, and the guy there demanded our tickets, which they took of us at the bus station, ended up having a heated debate with the Laos guy, I can't stand the Laos people, so rude. Was all good in the end and ended up in our own mini bus heading towards 4,000 islands. The bus journey was pretty funny as our most things with this group. The boys ended up eating crickets on a stick fo...

11/11/10 Sihanoukville to Phnom Penh Said our goodbyes to our friends and set off for Phnom Penh the capital. Long coach journey, arrived in the dark, early to bed. 12/11/10 Phnom penh Went to S21/Tuol Sleng today. it is the school the Khymer rouge (Pol Pot) used to imprison traitors to his regime in the 70's. It was horrendous. the first cell we went into was a picture of the guy dead in his cell on the wall, his stomach cut open. His bed was just as they lef...

7/11/10 Sihanoukville, Cambodia Got the sleeper bus to Sihanoukville last night, arrived here at 5am but we weren't allowed to check in so slept on bar benches until 9am, the joys! its absoultely boiling here so we dumped our stuff and headed to the beach, our first real beach since we left home!!! White sands and clear warm water, did not expect this in Cambodia. the only downside is the people hasseling us on the beach to buy bracelets, fruit and get threaded....

26/10/10 Vang Vieng to Vientienne (Orchid hotel) All exhuasted today after tubing and the storm. We all got the bus to Vientienne today Vang Vieng but they will hopefully catch us up tommorrow. The tuk tuk came to take us to the bus station, they can't count in Laos there were at least 10 people already in it and then 8 of us had to get in, all ended up in the front cab. When we reached Vientienne we had to say goodbye to our friend Sam as he was off to Vietnam...